Jilted Man Leads Cops To Fugitive Offender

Gloucester Sheriff's deputies - with the help of a jilted Indiana husband - arrested a fugitive sex offender early Friday at a county hotel where police said he was staying with the man's wife.

About 4:35 a.m., Michael Colburn, 23, of Marion, Ind., was arrested on warrants from Indiana and is being held in the Gloucester County jail pending an extradition hearing next week, said Gloucester Sheriff's Capt. Darrell Warren.

FOR THE RECORD - Published correction ran Tuesday, October 9, 2007.An article in Saturday's Local section incorrectly identified the Gloucester hotel where an Indiana fugitive was arrested early Friday. The man was taken into custody at the Gloucester Inn Motel. (Text corrected.)

Colburn was wanted in Marion for failing to appear in court and for failing to register as a sex offender, Warren said. He did not know the nature of the charge Colburn was supposed to answer in court.

According to the Indiana Sheriffs' Sex and Violent Offender Registry, Colburn was convicted in 2003 of sexual misconduct with a minor.

Colburn was sentenced to four years in prison with three years suspended. He was released in November 2003.

Warren said Colburn ran off with an Indiana man's wife at some point and the pair ended up in Gloucester.

Early Friday morning, the husband called Gloucester's Sheriff's Office and notified them of Colburn's status and where the couple could be found, Warren said.

"It was odd that he knew where she was - the exact hotel and all," Warren said. "In all likelihood they were just passing through."

Colburn did not resist and was taken into custody at the Gloucester Inn Motel. His companion was not charged. There are no indications that any crimes were committed in Gloucester by either Colburn or the woman, Warren said.